 Of myself I say nothing ; but in behalf of the business which is «/ O * in hand I entreat men to believe that it is not an opinion to be held, but a work to be done ; and to be well assured that I am labouring to lay the foundation, not of any sect or...  Works - Page 36by Francis Bacon - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Zoology - 1903 - 522 pages
...Mendelian ' theory ' therefore, in the words with which Bacon introduced his Great Instauration, ' I entreat men to believe that it is not an opinion...sect or doctrine, but of human utility and power.' In the Mendelian method of experiment the one essential is that the posterity of each individual should... | |
 | Addison Webster Moore - Knowledge, Theory of - 1902 - 74 pages
...aphorism, " Knowledge is power," which Hobbes quotes, Bacon says: In behalf of the business which is in hand, I entreat men to believe that it is not an...work to be done, and to be well assured that I am laboring to lay the foundation, not of any sect or doctrine, but of human utility and power.* The true... | |
 | Addison Webster Moore - Knowledge, Theory of - 1902 - 80 pages
...that it is not an opinion to be held but a work to be done, and to be well assured that I am laboring to lay the foundation, not of any sect or doctrine, but of human utility and power.1 The true and lawful goal of the sciences is none other than this : that human life be endowed... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1905 - 1172 pages
...Mendelian ' theory ' therefore, in the words with which Bacon introduced his Great Instauration, ' I entreat men to believe that it is not an opinion...sect or doctrine, but of human utility and power.' In the Mendelian method of experiment the one essential is that the posterity of each individual should... | |
 | 1905 - 958 pages
...requests I have to make are these. Of myself I say nothing ; bui in behalf of the business which is in hand I entreat men to believe that it is not an...am labouring to lay the foundation, not of any sect of doctrine, but of human utility and power. Next, I ask them to deal fairly by their own interests,... | |
 | Books - 1910 - 482 pages
...requests I have to make are these. Of myself I say nothing; but in behalf of the business which is in hand I entreat men to believe that it is not an...doctrine, but of human utility and power. Next, I ask t'lem to deal fairly by their own interests, and laying aside all emulations and prejudices in favour... | |
 | Elizabeth Wells Gallup - 1910 - 316 pages
...make are these. Of myself I say nothing; but in behalf of the business which is in hand I entreat men that it is not an opinion to be held but a work to be done, . . . that men will consider well how far . . . they are entitled to judge and decide these doctrines... | |
 | Elizabeth Wells Gallup - 1910 - 316 pages
...make are these. Of myself I say nothing; but In behalf of the business which is in hand I entreat men that it is not an opinion to be held but a work to be done, . . . that men will consider well how far . . . they are entitled to judge and decide these doctrines... | |
 | Military art and science - 1928 - 750 pages
...Knowledge, to both the personages, was power — power to be wielded for the good of human beings at large. "It is not an opinion to be held, but a work to be done," said Bacon, "and I am laboring to lay a foundation, not of any sect or doctrine, but of authority and... | |
 | Anne Elizabeth Burlingame - Ancients and moderns, Quarrel of - 1920 - 246 pages
...and secure.8 Of myself I say nothing; but in behalf of the business which is in hand, I entreat men that it is not an opinion to be held but a work to...interests, and laying aside all emulations and prejudices ... to join in the consultation for the common good.9 Having thus declared his purpose and called humanity... | |
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